Pain compliance

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Pain compliance is the use of painful stimulus to control or direct an organism. The stimulus can be manual (brute force, placing pressure on painful areas, or use of painful hyperextension or hyperflexion on joints),[1] use tools such as a whip or electroshock weapon, or use chemicals such as tear gas or pepper spray.[2]

The purpose of pain compliance is to direct the actions of the subject, and to this end, the pain is lessened or removed when compliance is achieved. This provides incentive to the subject to carry out the action required.[3]

Use on humans[]

A common use in humans is as a law enforcement technique to assist with taking a suspect into custody,[4] control a suspect in custody or encourage action on behalf of a person who is passively resisting.[5] In disciplined law enforcement, the use of pain compliance forms part of a use of force continuum which will usually start with verbal warnings, before escalating measures.[6]

Another common use of this technique is to physically compel chosen behavior, e.g. school-yard bullying or racketeerism, independent of any law enforcement process.[7]

The pain stimulus can be manual, using a pain compliance hold or can be through the use of weapons such as an electroshock weapon (Taser) or ballistic round.[8] Pain compliance as part of an escalation of force policy normally presumes a rational adversary, but some altered states such as mental illness, phencyclidine and amphetamine use, or extreme adrenaline may alter the subject's perception of pain or willingness to submit.

Like other forms of non-lethal force, such pain compliance strategies are not perfect and may be abused as a form of torture, with plausible deniability. For this reason the use of pain compliance is often subject to explicit rules of engagement designed to prevent abuse and avoid conflict escalation.

On other animals[]

Pain compliance is used as a training aid in animals, with physical aids including the use of whips and shock collars.

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References[]

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  2. ^ Simpson, Fiona (2020-03-02). "Fall in YOI staff linked to restraint increase". Children and Young People Now. 2020 (3): 14–15. doi:10.12968/cypn.2020.3.14 (inactive 31 October 2021). ISSN 1755-8093.CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of October 2021 (link)
  3. ^ Terrill, William; Paoline, Eugene A. (2013-03-01). "Examining Less Lethal Force Policy and the Force Continuum: Results From a National Use-of-Force Study". Police Quarterly. 16 (1): 38–65. doi:10.1177/1098611112451262. ISSN 1098-6111. S2CID 154365926.
  4. ^ Whipple, Benjamin (1991-02-01). "The Fourth Amendment and the Police Use of Pain Compliance Techniques on Nonviolent Arrestees". San Diego Law Review. 28 (1): 177. ISSN 0036-4037.
  5. ^ Ho, Jeffrey D.; Heegaard, William G.; Miner, James R.; Dawes, Donald M. (2009-08-01). "Introduction of a Conducted Electrical Weapon in a Hospital Setting: The First 8 Months of Use". Journal of Emergency Medicine. 37 (2): 209. doi:10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.04.020. ISSN 0736-4679.
  6. ^ Bride, Mac (2003). HTML. Teach Yourself. ISBN 0-340-81130-7. OCLC 62087426.
  7. ^ "When might is right - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  8. ^ Englishbee, Sgt. P.; Salinas, Captain R. (June 2008). "Field Training Program Operations Manual". Missouri City Police Department.
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